This paper evaluates the global welfare impact of observed levels of migration using a quantitative multi-sector model … migration to a no-migration counterfactual. In the long run, natives in countries that received a lot of migration -- such as … the short run the impact of migration on average welfare in these countries is close to zero, while the skilled and …

different levels of migration frictions. We bring the model to the data for the whole world economy at a 1º times 1º geographic … resolution. We then use the model to quantify the gains from relaxing migration restrictions as well as to describe the evolution … of the distribution of economic activity in the different migration scenarios. Our results indicate that fully …

We study how smugglers respond to different types of migration policies - legalisation through the sale of migration … controlling migration flows faces a trade-off. Eliminating smugglers by the sale of visas increases the flows of migrants and may … reinforced external and internal controls- and sale of visas may be effective at eliminating smugglers and controlling migration …

determined both the attractiveness of different US counties at the time of migration, as well as current levels of development …. The results indicate that while there is a strong and positive impact associated with overall migration, the national …

migration waves of the late 19th and early 20th centuries has left a legacy on the economic development of the counties where … look at the geography of migration across US counties in the 48 continental states. We then link this settlement pattern of … number of factors which may have influenced both the location of migrants at the time of migration, as well as for the …

As exemplified in the 1995 Mediterranean Declaration of the European Union, migration has become a major concern for …-North migration flows is envisaged. This new approach is examined by analysing the causes of asylum migration from developing … migration, at least in the medium run, although restrictive legal measures do work. Migration control by international …

international migration from developing to developed countries. In addition, we look at the relationship between trade, development … and migration. Empirical studies focusing on international migration from Less Developed Countries (LDCs) are, so far …, very scarce. In this paper, we utilize a new dataset that is based on migration to Germany from 86 African and Asian …